tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post7642166597115184454..comments2010-07-30T18:21:51.633+10:00Comments on SLRC - Subterranean Loner Rendered Comatose: Audiosurf - Breakfast of ChampionsBen Abrahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-23787251410724250122008-12-22T10:18:00.000+11:002008-12-22T10:18:00.000+11:00I enjoyed playing Audiosurf to the various video g...I enjoyed playing Audiosurf to the various video game soundtracks I have.<BR/><BR/>I definitely remember there being certain songs I could play over and over again, while still having fun. Others... not so much. They just didn't have any grip.<BR/><BR/>Now that I think about it, I can't remember playing anything than "Still Alive" that had lyrics. Guess I'll do that when I get home, tonight.David Sahlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050028448152381194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-36648855498877576842008-12-22T09:48:00.000+11:002008-12-22T09:48:00.000+11:00VPeric - You're right, that is the million dollar ...VPeric - You're right, that is the million dollar question, and I suspect it's going to be quite a while before anyone comes close to answering it satisfactorily.<BR/><BR/>FWIW I actually enjoy the eraser mode more than mono because, especially with the kinds of music I listen to in AS (mainly electro/dance or screamo) eraser both gets most points and can provide rather serendipitous representations of the music.<BR/><BR/>Particularly, because a lot of dance music is mixed to be really, really compressed and LOUD, at often times a lead instrument or vocal line will get picked up particularly well and rendered as a bunch of yellow blocks all in rhythm with that rhytth. It just seems to <I>sometimes</I> work a bit better. A lot of the time...well, you seem to have played it you know what it's like.<BR/><BR/>I also quite like Mono on occasion, but in terms of getting a feel for the music, I don't actually find it provides enough of that 'synaesthesia' feel that I want. <BR/><BR/>But that's just me, go with whatever works.Ben Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-16154222725670561382008-12-22T07:08:00.000+11:002008-12-22T07:08:00.000+11:00Very valid concerns, but I'm sure everyone noticed...Very valid concerns, but I'm sure everyone noticed that - the real question is: how to overcome this problem?<BR/><BR/>BTW, I found I can get a much better "feel" for the song if I play the Mono character (all blocks are the same, but some need to be avoided). Yes, this simplifies the game, but it allows me to forget about the underlying game itself and concentrate more on the music. It's definitely the superior playmode, from a music-enjoyment point of view.VPerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18267840234878619893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-86525054925819830442008-12-20T16:06:00.000+11:002008-12-20T16:06:00.000+11:00You know, I've considered a genre button before an...You know, I've considered a genre button before and it's totally do-able. You'd be able to see the kind of track it generates and fiddle around with some parameters to get it to fit with your idea better.... but... then there'd be no standard across players, and so there could be no comparison scoring, competition, etc.<BR/><BR/>I'll admit it, having world #1's for 3/4 of an album by Screamo band Underoath and nearly 2 whole albums worth for Aussie band The Herd is a pretty cool feeling. =P<BR/><BR/>Another alternative would be to have human reviewers to listen to the tracks and assign something but that's a bit out of reach logisitically for an indie game like Audiosurf. And could you imagine what they'd do when they got to the stuff that was genre defying (Thinking Mr. Bungle, esp.), that would be something to see! <BR/><BR/>"It's lounge... no wait, now it's metal... no, now it's vocal noises and a cacophony of movie sounds... no, it's changed again..."<BR/><BR/>(Oh and footnotes are only in there because it comes almost straight outta my thesis.)Ben Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8876906265497042129.post-34166200927759815842008-12-20T15:21:00.000+11:002008-12-20T15:21:00.000+11:00Aw, crap...footnotes??? We're all done for if you ...Aw, crap...footnotes??? We're all done for if you establish that kind of standard in blogs.<BR/><BR/>I agree about needing a better standard than volume spike. Maybe a genre button could let the game know that this is a mellow song? I typically play it on the easier modes because I just like to relax and engage with my music.L.B. Jeffrieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612840105075834275noreply@blogger.com